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Ron DeSantis: “We had, I think about 7, 7 1/2 billion in reserves. Now…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Announces 'Floridians First' Budget in Orlando

Published | Video Starts at 1:18:04

If you look at what we've done with transportation, accelerating projects 10, 15, 20 years, this is good. So that ultimately is a science. We had a $1.3 billion rainy day fund. Now it's 5 billion. We had, I think about 7, 7 1/2 billion in reserves. Now we're close to 17 billion. and we'll probably have even. It's interesting, you hear a lot about the economy and there's obviously, you know, nationwide, you know, you see some of these blurbs for sure, and I think it's real. (1:18:04–1:18:10)

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Asserts that Florida's reserves increased from approximately $7-7.5 billion to nearly $17 billion.

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